Spiritual qi revival. Everyone cultivates immortality.
Players fight monsters, level up, and soar through the skies. What a lively scene.
And me, Lin Mo, the convenience store owner in the newbie village, am an NPC.
I can't level up or accept quests. All I can do is get killed by players and drop my equipment.
Until I discovered that I might be a little different.
When players kill me, I grow stronger.
I can issue quests, open a shop, and change the loot rules.
I can even see that gray "GM backend."
The whole world is made up of players, and I'm the only NPC.
And I've awakened.
I decide to turn this convenience store into the most profitable "monster-farming spot" in the newbie village.
As for the "Pioneers' Society" that's set its sights on me...
They say the data of an awakened NPC is the most valuable fuel in the world.
They say they'll capture me, dunk me in a vat, and drain me dry.
Hah.
I'm an NPC.
NPCs don't have to fear players.
And they don't have to fear the Pioneers' Society, either.